Toward Wellbeing Suicide Consultation and Monitoring Programme TWB

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Toward Well-being Suicide Consultation and
Monitoring Programme (TWB)

• Kirsty Louden
• Clinical Advisory Services Aotearoa (CASA)

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TWB programme is

• a child welfare initiative - Child Youth and
  Family
• a research-based youth suicide-prevention
  service developed by Otago University, Wellington
  School of Medicine and provided by Clinical
  Advisory Services Aotearoa (CASA)
• a risk assessment, consultation and monitoring
  process that supports child welfare social
  workers to
• Identify young people in the Child welfare
  system at risk of suicide
• Develop dynamic risk management plans
• Monitor progress and stability over time
• Develop appropriate closure plans

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TWB Objective

• To provide high level clinical advice/monitoring
  to frontline Child Welfare social workers and
  supervisors working with youth presenting with
  suicide behaviours

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Focus of TWB

• To reduce the number of suicides and suicide
  attempts in the CYF population
• To increase their overall well-being by focusing
  on background risk factors as well as acute risk
• To improve their access to mental health services
• To improve interagency working in addressing
  their complex needs
• To increase the knowledge and skills of social
  workers in dealing with suicidal behaviour

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Contact details

• For further information about the programme
  please contact
• Kirsty Louden
• Clinical Manager TWB
• CASA
• kirsty_at_twb.org.nz
• 64 299 888 577